The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-04-28
THE sEDGwIcK MEMORIAL.
Program Of the Coming Excursion.
HEAD'Q's SEDGMfCK MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.
SURVIVORS SIXTH CoRPs.
OFFICE or CLERKS or COUNCILS,


SURVIVORS SIXTH CoRPs
OFFICE OF CLERKS or COUNCILS
PHILADELPHIA. March 10, lbS7.
Ii is essential that those who intend 20 partici-
pate Ia The ceremonies attending the dedication OF
/ the SedgwieS Memorial Tablet at Spoiisylvania
May -. lSS., should al once communicate their
I purpose 10 the Chairman of the Executive Commit
Tee. The sum of 81 on account Of the assessment
must accompany the communication
/ The Executive Committee report the following
details, which will bc strictly adhered TO:
The cost Of the excursion, 10 include transporta-
! ton both ways from Philadelphia TO FredericSs-
burg, hotel board at Fredericksburg and Spottsyl-
wanna, and carriage hire, will be SD.
Special rates 90 Philadelphia Washington will
l be arranged upon application TO the Chairman OF
/ the Executive Committee. To those whose homes
make Washington more desirable point TO unite
with the excursion, reasonable deduction from
/ the total assessment Viii he made, prop0rtloned
upon the cost OF transportation from there To Phila-
dclphia.
! A special train viii leave Broad Street Station,
PhilaGC phR. AT 720 a. IN. on Wednesday, May III,
reaching Fredericksburg about noon of that day.
! The headquarters of the Committee will be nj the
/ Exchange Hotel. The afternoon of the nth will be
devoted To visiting IA carriages the many points OF
interest IN tRe vicinity of that historic battetown.
La The evening Campfire will be organized at The
headquarters
On Thursday. the I2th, the party will be con-
veyed by carriages TO Spoitsylvania, where inn
medlatcly upon its arrival the ceremonies at
1 tending the unvaiiing viii be held At their con-
cluson dinner will follow at the hotel at the Court
house, and the afternoon be devoted, with convey
aces, TO visiting points Of prominent note IA the
] NlGlLitgs trpcciNllA Tie lDiODuN Angie va inc
! return TO Fredericksburg the party will stop at
! Salem Church and Marye's Nights.
Leaving Fredericksburg early on the morning of
Friday, the l3l, an opportunity VIII be afforded 10
remain la Washington several hours; the train for
the North will not leave there until 4:s5 p. m.
The general interest manifested in the enterprise
Indicates large attendance. This opportunity to
visit locality 20 familiar TO Army OF the Potomac
soldiers D. 4 rare one
Fredericksburg Is not city Of large resources for
the entertainment OF s0journers ID promises thHt
all shall be made comfortable and only asks that the
earliest possible information be furnished Of the
numbers 10 be provided for. The urgency for a
prompt reply 10 this circular Is, therefore quite APP
parent
James w. Lattn, President; Robert l.. Orr, Core
spending Secretary: George w. johnson, Chair
man of Executive Committee 5. W. Cor Fifth
ana Chestnut streets.
The foregoing circular Of the Sedgwick Me-
mortal Association is being mailed TO the sur
givOrs and their contributing friends all over
the United States.
A regular meeting Of the association was held
at Post hall, in Philadelphia, Friday evening,
/ April ]. The committee 10 visit Fredericks-
burg and Spottsylvania made their report A
large amount of necessary business was trans
acted, among which resolutions were passed
/ inviting the Governor of Virginia and the
! Mayor and Councils of Fredericksburg TO par
ticipate In the ceremonies; also, Mr.. Harry
Sedgwick, a nephew, and such other members
OF Gen. Seagwick' family as may see fit TO ac-
cept. The tender OF an escort by the Freder-
icksburg Grays with the use of their armory
during our stay in the city, was formally ac-
cepted, and the Secretary directed 10 notify
them.
MAJ. w. i. Bryan, who had visited Newark.
! N. j., and attended a meeting OF the Executive
| Committee OF the Survivors Association of the
4 New Jersey Brigade, reported through Gen.
Latta thai the committee had voted all the
money IN the treasury 500 TO the monument
fund, and told him they were only sorry he
had not happened 10 strike them when they
had three times as much, as he could have had
all of il just the same.
Comrade Mm. j. Nray gave an account OF
his reception at the meeting Of the Survivors
Association of the Philade,p hia Brigade which
showed that the Second Corps boys had not
forgotten their old commander Of the Second
Division, Gen. John Sedgwick. A number OF
them contributed.
For the information Of comrades from other
parts Of the country who intend 10 make this
excursion, the committee would enioin them
10 SEND their names and assessment at an early
date 10 the chairman Of the committee Under
the new Interstate Commerce law all excursion
rates are declared OF except IN the single known
instance of our contract with the Pennsylvania
Railroad from Philadelphia TO Frcdericksbur
That would also have shared the same fate bat
that the contract was made in November 1886
previous 10 the assembling Of Congress: and
the Pennsylvania Railroad, true TO their old
time loyal instincts were too honorable 10 tax,
mean advantage Of the veterans. So that al
comrades who notify C0mrade johnson in Tins
can secure the excursion rate from Philadel
phla. IN order that there may be no mistake
as the committee can only secure the prope
number OF tickets, send in your assessment a
Once.-JAMEs NJ. MCGEE, Assistant Core
spending Secretary, Ro1borough, Philadelphia
Pa